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Explore Korean Culture Through Bilingual Folktales—Build Language Skills as You Read!

Korean Stories for Language Learners brings 42 traditional Korean folktales to life, presented in both Korean and English on facing pages. This unique collection is perfect for beginners in the language, whether you're a student in a first- or second-year Korean course or someone eager to explore the richness of Korean culture.

Each story is accompanied by cultural notes, discussion questions, and practical language exercises, making it a valuable resource for expanding your vocabulary and deepening your understanding of Korean traditions. As you progress through the book, the stories increase in complexity, helping you develop your language skills step by step.

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully designed, this volume includes glossaries in both languages and a helpful introduction to Hangul, the Korean writing system. To further support your learning, native speaker audio recordings are available online to guide your pronunciation and listening comprehension.

Whether you're passionate about language learning or fascinated by Korean folktales, this book offers a window into Korea's cultural heritage while building essential language skills.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tuttle Publishing; Bilingual edition (September 11, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0804850038
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804850032
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 9.02 inches
Reviewer: Lingo Star
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lots of stories; good glossary
Review: The stories in this Korean-English parallel text anthology of Korean folk tales range from very short (only a paragraph) to a few pages. It has a good glossary and index for language learners. Some of the stories have their origin in traditional folktales while others seem to be just silly short anecdotes. It introduces the reader to an aspect of Korean folktales and the virtues and values that they present. It's entertaining and accessible for a learner of Korean who can commit just a little time to read and study the translations.

Reviewer: john wendel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great stories and good input
Review: I've been looking for good graded reading in Korean forever. This book is almost exactly what I've needed.You need a pretty good foundation in the the basics. If you've gone a little beyond a level 01 Korean language learning book, this is probably good for you.I can read these stories without constantly looking up unfamiliar words. I'm approaching the thirtieth story now and it is still just challenging enough, but never overwhelming. Further, you have an English translation and vocab reference.Vocabulary is often repeated within any given story and recurs in subsequent stories.I find that I'm retaining new vocabulary and words that I knew on sight but couldn't call up at will much more easily since I've started reading this book.The stories are wonderful, and I both enjoy reviewing what I've read and look forward to each new one.My only complaint is that, except in quoted speech, they use the extra formal verb endings throughout. This is a minor complaint.I would love to find more and more quality readers like this one.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for a learner!
Review: I love this book a lot! It's set up really well. There is Korean and English to each story. Each story has pre-reading questions, vocabulary, post-reading questions, and a writing prompt. Some stories included relevant cultural information which I found helpful. As a polygot, I think this book is great. The stories get more difficult, but you'll see reoccurring themes and vocabulary. At a certain point the questions don't have English translations so you have to try to figure out what's being asked (there's always a translation for the story). Overall, I really think this is a great book for self-study. Keep in mind that I am a beginner Korean learner, so I can't vouch for the quality of Korean in the book but I love the set up of this book a lot.

Reviewer: Jacquline Hunter
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great stories
Review: Enjoy reading these stories at night. Also give me the opportunity to practice my Korean. Very easy to read.

Reviewer: Zack Parsons
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The ideal book for bridging the beginner-intermediate gap
Review: I would highly recommend this book for the mid- to upper-level beginning Korean learner, especially if you are looking to reach the intermediate level. This book is definitely not for the absolute beginner, at least not without other resources to get you started. While I think that this book is truly unique and invaluable, there are some flaws, too.Pros: This is book is by far the best resource I have found for helping me move up from the beginner level, and finally reach the intermediate level in Korean. I find that the textbooks I had been using were getting to bogged down in the details (which is good for formal learning), and the practice reading activities are typically so boring and rigid. However, this book is a game changer. The stories are very interesting and they gradually build in difficulty and I never felt like I hit a brick wall. Every story has a English translation, comprehension questions, and an essential list of vocabulary. I recommend skimming the pre-reading questions and vocabulary before each story to help smooth things out. The inclusion of audio recordings for each story is a true bonus. The speaker speaks at a good pace and has clear pronunciation. Since listening resources are very hard to find at this level, this is another feature that makes this book invaluable. The audio files can be downloaded for free from the publisher's website, which is good if you don't have a CD player or if you buy the Kindle version.Cons: As I stated previously, this book is not for the absolute beginner. It does not explicitly teach you grammar, and many of the foundation words are left out of the vocabulary definition list. You will pickup on the more advanced grammar as it is introduced, but it is assumed that you have a good understanding of the basic rules and words of Korean. A bit disappointing to me is the abundance of typos. I have found at least one semi-major typo for each story. These mistakes range from incorrect definitions in the vocabulary, to entire sentences being completely different between the Korean and English translation. I feel like the vocabulary definition typos should have been easily caught. The translation differences are also strange. I know that everything cannot be translate word-for-word, but entire sentences seem to have been introduced/left out between the two translations. It's almost as if the English translations were written for an earlier draft of the book, but then some of the Korean text was changed at some point, but they didn't update the English text. However, this is not a deal breaker. You can still find 99% of the connections between the Korean/English text, but just be aware that the translations don't seem to be always correct. My last minor complaint is the use of romanization throughout the book. It seems strange that the book expects you to be able to read the text in native Korean script, but all of the titles and vocabulary have the latin script next to them. I find this quite distracting and very unhelpful. Romanization gives absolutely no indication of correct pronunciation, and is only useful for people who do not know how to read Korean text at all. So I don't understand why it is even included, and it just spoils the immersion for me.

Reviewer: ozzy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book!!
Review: Truly no complains. Book has stories from shorter to longer ones, translations, questions and vocabulary. Might not be entirely useful in day to day but great for improving reading, understanding and learning more vocabulary and writing style.

Reviewer: Latrice Terrell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Book
Review: The book is awesome. The courier,not so much. Ty ey mishandled my box causing my book to be bent at weird angles like it’s used 🫣🥴🤦🏽‍♀️

Reviewer: MacMaler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love this book!
Review: Excellent book to start reading Korean as a beginner. The stories are fun with lovely illustrations. For each story there is a translation, a vocabulary list and some comprehension questions. I love that these are folk tales, with many featuring tigers. A very enjoyable way of making the leap from beginner to intermediate. Highly recommend!

Reviewer: SARAH
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: ou os dois junto?? Esse livro é perfeito pra você! Com muitos desenhos, vocabulários, inglês fácil etc

Reviewer: Luna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llegó súper rápido y en excelentes condiciones. Las historias son muy buenas y ayudan a practicar coreano. Lo único malo es que no llegó con el CD que supuestamente está incluído.

Reviewer: Ambra C
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ottimo libro per chi inizia a studiare coreano. Si passa dalle storie brevissime e semplici, a quelle via via più complicate. Per ogni storia c'è una lista dei vocaboli utilizzati, domande sulla comprensione del testo e curiosità riguardo a quella determinata storia (sono racconti del folclore quindi ho apprezzato molto che ci siano degli approfondimenti e spiegazioni). Ovviamente bisogna sapere l'inglese e fare attenzione alla traduzione poichè non è tutto tradotto letteralmente (io me ne sono accorta perchè sto studiando coreano e mi rendo conto che la traduzione certe volte viene adattata, un pò come avviene con i sottotitoli, quindi bisogna fare il doppio passaggio coreano-inglese e inglese-italiano per capire il senso).Comunque sia lo consiglio perchè è utile per imparare ma anche per la semplice curiosità di leggere qualche storia tradizionale.

Reviewer: Shweta Singh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A very clearly articulated book. This is a must have. The content is rich and so far, I haven’t found any errors. Kudos to the authors. Good luck, learners. Happy learning.

Reviewer: Mady.TS
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Comme le dit la description c'est un livre en anglais et en coréen. Les dessins sont chouettes et les histoires sont plutôt jolies, pratique pour s'exercer ou apprendre d'une autre manière cette belle langue.